June 26th, 2019 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
Pargo, South Africa’s leading Click and Collect service provider, launched Instant Click and Collect. This service allows customers to instantly collect their orders at a Pargo Pick-up Point of their choice, without having to wait for the delivery of their order. Pargo effectively allows companies to pre-ship and store their goods at selected pick-up points, […]
May 29th, 2019 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
Pargo CEO and co-founder Lars Veul shares why he thinks Takealot Pick-up Points make so much sense. Earlier this month popular online retail giant Takealot announced the launch of its own Click and Collect network to service Takealot online shoppers with a convenient delivery method by opening 30 of their own pick-up points around the […]
May 22nd, 2019 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
Takealot opens 30 pick-up points to offer their customers an alternative to home delivery Earlier this month popular online retail giant Takealot announced the launch of their own Click and Collect network to service Takealot online shoppers with a convenient delivery method by opening 30 of their own pick-up points around the country. This is […]
March 13th, 2019 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
DURBAN – Pargo, South Africa’s leading smart logistics company expanded their network of parcel pick-up points to Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Their new cross-border delivery service utilizes existing partnerships with Clicks and Lewis as well as new local retailers, such as Choppies. The service will enable South African companies to send parcels cross-border and offer […]
February 1st, 2019 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
A startup never sleeps and while most people rested their eyes for a couple of moments during the December holidays Pargo finished the year on a high and worked really hard to ensure that everybody got their parcel. And with success! We had our busiest month ever and managed to keep everybody smiling. Thank you […]
December 10th, 2018 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
More online shoppers turned to ‘Click and Collect’ as a delivery option during this year’s Black Friday shopping frenzy, buying everything from apparel to smartphones and spending record amounts in the process. Black Friday traditionally kicks off the holiday shopping season and is a huge revenue generator for online companies. In fact, 30% of yearly […]
August 23rd, 2018 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
Earlier this month I was lucky to attend The Rise of Africa’s Digital Lions, a Netpreneurs conference jointly organised by the Alibaba Business School, the Jack Ma Foundation and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). As one of the fellows of the Alibaba eFounders I was invited to join over 800 entrepreneurs, […]
August 16th, 2018 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
The South African Post Office was on strike for almost 2 weeks in July, leading to millions of South Africans not being able to send or receive any orders. It is not the first time the postal workers’ went on strike and it had widespread implications for businesses across South Africa. This particularly affected companies, […]
July 5th, 2018 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
FNB recently recognized our business Pargo as one of 9 most innovative companies in South Africa. The FNB Business Innovation Awards aims to ‘recognise and celebrate the efforts of high-impact entrepreneurs who have embraced many challenges to create world-class, industry-disrupting and scalable companies that continue to forge unique ways of doing business.’ CEO of FNB […]
July 5th, 2018 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
South African ecommerce is booming, following a 50% rise in online spending compared to the previous year. In comparison to European markets, South Africa’s ecommerce industry is still in its infancy with only a quarter of spending through digital channels. However, there is no doubt that growth is strong thanks to high mobile penetration, secure […]
June 5th, 2018 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
SA smart logistics company, Pargo, has entered into a partnership with The Body Shop that will enable consumers to use the cosmetics store as parcel drop-off and pick-up points. The partnership allows Pargo to grow their network of pick-up points to over 1,500 stores. Read more: Bizcommunity
May 29th, 2018 / Lars Veul / 0 comments
The Body Shop is the latest addition to Pargo’s extensive network of over 1500 Pargo Points This week Pargo officially partnered with The Body Shop, growing the pick-up point network to over 1500 retail stores across South Africa. This new partnership enables customers to use The Body Shop stores around the country to conveniently send […]
